and is there a deep, dark reason for rupert murdoch to close "news of the world"? >> minus ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four -- we've gone from main engine start. we have main engine start. liftoff of america's first space shuttle. and the shuttle has cleared the tower. >> and that is how it all began, the space shuttle era, the first shuttle flight on april 12, 1981. columbia was only in the air for two days on that mission, with only two crew members on board. today, thirty years later, shuttle "atlantis" took off from the kennedy space center, closing a chapter of american history forever. >> go for main engine start t-minus ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, all three engines up and burning, two, one, zero, and liftoff. the final liftoff of "atlantis," on the shoulders of the space shuttle, america will continue the dream. >> "atlantis" has a crew of four, that's the smallest since 1983. they will perform one space walk, assisting two crew members from the international space station, but their main job is to deliver tons of stlies from a logistics modu